Alternative Medicine

Discerning citizens should demand of conventional medicine experts that they prove the science behind their medicine by demonstrating successful, nontoxic, and affordable patient outcomes. Alternative Medicine and the Truth About Being "Scientific" and "Proven" It's time to revise the scientific method to handle the complexities of alternative medicine. The U.S. government has belatedly confirmed a fact that millions of Americans have known personally for decades-acupuncture works. A 12-member panel of medical "experts" recently informed …

…of alternative medicine to wait like supplicants with hat in hand for the scientific "experts" of conventional medicine to dole out a few condescending scraps of official approval for alternative approaches. Rather, discerning citizens should be demanding of these experts that they prove the science behind their medicine by demonstrating successful, nontoxic, and affordable patient outcomes. If they can't, these approaches should be rejected for being unscientific. After all, the proof is in the cure.